European Personnel Selection Office Partners With Prometric…..

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 19 FEBRUARY 2014

The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) and Prometric, a trusted provider of market-leading test development and delivery solutions, today announced a multi-year framework agreement for the exclusive delivery of new audio-video computer-based testing (CBT) solutions that may be introduced as part of the European Union (EU) Institutions’ selection processes.

Under the new four-year agreement, Prometric will deliver exams that may incorporate a mix of animated videos, situational judgment scenarios and audio-visual capture of candidates in Prometric’s testing centre in Brussels.

“EPSO strives to be aligned with the pace of fast-evolving assessment methods and at the same time guarantee a sophisticated competency-based assessment that enables the EU to select the brightest and best candidates while maximising efficiency effectiveness and value for money. Streamlining our selection processes by making the best possible use of technology is high on our agenda,” said David Bearfield, Director of the European Personnel Selection Office. “EPSO’s eight-year partnership with Prometric has contibuted to the successful delivery of more than 500,000 staff selection exams, and we look forward to continuing our relationship into the future.”

During this time, EPSO has worked with Prometric to provide reliable and consistent testing services while continuing to transform and evolve to meet the human resources needs of the EU Institutions and has successfully introduced competency-based assessment in all 24 EU languages.

“Audio-video based exams provide us an opportunity to take advantage of some of the more innovative features of test delivery while ensuring assessment that is discerning, valid, secure and fair for candidates,” said Michael Brannick, President and CEO for Prometric. “Prometric is proud of our long-standing relationship with EPSO and we look forward to supporting its testing goals in future years.”

EPSO is responsible for selecting staff to work for the Institutions and Agencies of the European Union including the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European External Action Service, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Ombudsman. Each Institution is then able to recruit staff from a pool of candidates selected by EPSO. EPSO was created on 26th July 2002 and became operational as of 1st January 2003.

About Prometric

Prometric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETS, is a trusted and market-leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment. Committed to a set of values that get the right test to the right location at the right time and to the right test taker, Prometric supports candidates worldwide who take close to 10 million tests each year. Through innovation, workflow automation and standardization, Prometric advances test development and delivery solutions that are better, faster and more cost effective.

Prometric delivers tests flexibly via the Web or by utilizing a robust network of more than 8,000 test centers in more than 160 countries and on behalf of nearly 400 clients in the academic, financial, government, healthcare, professional, corporate and information technology markets.

For more information, please visit www.prometric.com